Burger Dogs

Burger Dogs

Ingredients:

For the Burger Dogs:

1 lb. grass-fed ground beef

salt and pepper

½ tsp. garlic powder

½ cup finely diced onion

¼ cup finely diced dill pickles

For the Burger Sauce:

⅓ cup avocado oil mayonnaise

2 tbsp. unsweetened ketchup

2 tbsp. finely diced dill pickles or relish

1 tsp. worcestershire sauce or coconut aminos

1 tsp. dijon mustard

¼ tsp paprika

1 clove of garlic, grated on a microplane or finely minced

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Take your ground beef out and soak your skewers 30 minutes before you’re ready to start cooking. Preheat your grill or grill pan and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Season your beef with salt and pepper and add in garlic powder, diced onion, and diced pickles. Mix together with your hands until everything is well incorporated, being careful not to overmix.

Form the mixture into 5 balls. Throw each all into the palm of your other other hand a few times (like throwing a baseball into a mitt). Shape each ball into an oval and flatten in the palm of your hand. Set aside on the parchment lined baking sheet.

Take a skewer and stick it through the string cheese, starting at the bottom and ending with the skewer slightly poking out of the top. Repeat with remaining string cheese. Place one skewered cheese and place it in the center of one of your meat ovals. Wrap the meat around the cheese stick, making sure that you seal it well in the end (if it is not sealed, it will break open when cooking). Repeat with remaining cheese and meat.

Place your formed burger dogs onto the grill with the skewers hanging over the edge of the grill so that you can grab them easily to turn. Cook for about 5 minutes on each side.

While the burger dogs cook, make your sauce by combining all ingredients in a bowl and mixing together. Taste the sauce before you season with salt, as it may already be salty enough.

Once the burger dogs are cooked on all sides, remove from the grill and dip into the burger sauce with each bite!